Debian autologin with lightdm

Nov 19 2025

You've got ligtdm on Debian? Make sure you have rebooted at least once since installing lightdm.

Try this command:

sudo vi /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Using vi text editor find the following lines:

hint: type forward slash (/) in vi followed by the thing you are searching for '#autologin'.

#autologin-user= #autologin-user-timeout=0

For help learning vi text editor follow this link.

Using vi text editor remove the two '#'s above and add your user name after 'autologin-user='

Well done!